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CARIBBEAN LAND AND SEA THROUGH THE AGES
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Sedimentary RecordHistorical GeographyEngineeringColonialismPuerto RicoArchaeologyLaw Of The SeaOceanographyMarine Geophysical DataEarth SciencePast GeographyCaribbean StudiesOceanographic ResearchLanguage StudiesGeochronologyGsa Bulletin 1954Marine GeologyGeographyEnvironmental HistoryGeologyGsa BulletinSedimentologyCoastal ManagementMaritime Archaeology
Research Article| August 01, 1954 CARIBBEAN LAND AND SEA THROUGH THE AGES W. P WOODRING W. P WOODRING UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information W. P WOODRING UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 31 Mar 1954 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1954, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1954) 65 (8): 719–732. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1954)65[719:CLASTT]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 31 Mar 1954 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation W. P WOODRING; CARIBBEAN LAND AND SEA THROUGH THE AGES. GSA Bulletin 1954;; 65 (8): 719–732. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1954)65[719:CLASTT]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The oldest part of the Caribbean region proper is in northern Central America, where Permian (?) and Lower Permian marine deposits rest on metamorphic rocks of unknown, possibly middle Paleozoic, age. According to present dating, geosynclinal deposition spread eastward in Late Jurassic time to include Cuba, farther eastward and southward in Early Cretaceous time to include Hispaniola and probably Jamaica, and still farther eastward in Late Cretaceous time to include Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and St. Croix.Throughout the Caribbean region, the Cretaceous is characterized by volcanics of great thickness, pyroclastics being more widespread and thicker than flows. These volcanics evidently were derived from lands of unknown size that are now under the waters of the Caribbean Sea. Land still persisted south of eastern Cuba during Eocene time. Thereafter no geological evidence is now available pointing to land in the Caribbean Sea. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.